eureka

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /juˈɹikə/
• Rhymes: -iːkə

Interjection

eureka

1. An exclamation indicating sudden discovery.
   • 1821: Eureka! I have found it! What I mean / To say is, not that love is idleness, / But that in love such idleness has been / An accessory, as I have cause to guess. — Byron, Don Juan, 1821
   • 1970: A page is turned - eureka, a snatch of tune / is playing itself, the piss-proud syllables / are unveiling a difficult prosody — Peter Porter, The Sanitized Sonnets, in The Last of England, 1970

Noun

eureka (uncountable)

1. Synonym of constantan (“copper-nickel alloy”)

See also

• aha moment
• epiphany

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative 1st singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /øːˈreːkaː/

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Interjection

eureka

1. eureka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯.re.ka/
• Hyphenation: èu‧re‧ka

Interjection

eureka

1. eureka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /euˈɾeka/, [eu̯ˈɾeka]

Interjection

eureka

1. eureka